Journal metric profile

PHOTONIC NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 1.700 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 1.600 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q3 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 83/125 Recorded category rank

PHOTONIC NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

PHOTONIC NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by SPRINGER. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 1.700, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q3.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 83 out of 125 journals in its listed category. A Q3 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 648 total citations, 17 total articles, 17 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 1.600, which is 0.100 points below the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 1.600. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.440.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 5.8 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 6.3 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

PHOTONIC NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS is identified in this record by print ISSN 1387-974X and electronic ISSN 1572-8188. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal namePHOTONIC NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS
Abbreviated journalPHOTONIC NETW COMMUN
PublisherSPRINGER
Metric year2025
Overall rank9,720
ISSN1387-974X
eISSN1572-8188
Total cites648
Total articles17
Citable items17
Cited half-life5.8 years
Citing half-life6.3 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.700
5-Year Impact Factor1.600
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.600
Journal Citation Indicator0.440
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ3
JCR category rank83/125
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of PHOTONIC NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for PHOTONIC NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS is 1.700 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is PHOTONIC NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS?

PHOTONIC NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS is listed in quartile Q3. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes PHOTONIC NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS?

PHOTONIC NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS is listed as being published by SPRINGER.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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